Boring for u perhaps, the fundamental level of skill it takes to coordinate as a team on that level and their individual mechanical skill levels are so high its beautiful to see. U might like the ultra 1 guy going batshit insane but that's mostly not what wins u CS matches, teamwork does that for u.

i know that i mean i've been tired out on cs in general also the issue with astralis is that it's not fun to watch them because they rarely lose and it's not like you learn anything new either i mean some years ago you learnt new stuff for example fnatic boost on overpass and stuff like that,
i guess i just outgrow this game idk xd

Do u realize mastering even 5 maps is a task nearly no team in history has accomplished? even the dominant fnatic didn't have 5 maps down they just were absurd at winning the clutch moments & the skill ceiling on 2 of their players was at a all time peak at the time they were so dominant that they made it work some how.

Yea, I know it just doesnt feel right that FaZe would have had to lose two Bo3s to lose and C9 only had to lose one, but mad respect for how much they played and what they accomplished cant take it away from them

I am a little skeptical that we will topple Liquid but my hopes are back for a solid contender in international tournets (making it past groups and challenging teams in Bo3's) and doing well at the upcoming major. Cheers mate

ikr, thats exactly why dota 2 always have good finals except for ti4, because at the end of the day, the 2 best teams in the tournament will meet in the final, meanwhile in csgo, they can meet in quarters and we have boring final.

Top 3 for a month and then their IGL left after that lol. Most teams would be trash if they lost their IGL overnight and had to replace him with some wash up teir 12 trash. Like taking Glave off of Astalis and giving them Snappi.

Again you have no brain. They were top 2 in 3 of the last 4 LANS on 2016 (winning 2 of them) they qualified for the major, then got a trash draw and matched up against VP the Astralis (the two finalist). After that the IGL left.

Except you're comparing two completely different things... there was no fucking group stage this tournament.
It was a 100% playoffs tournament that was double elimination for every team unless you were the team that won their two matches...
Basically everyone else got a second chance except Cloud9

That's not an advantage.. they're pro teams, they did all their strats and practice before the tournament. You know absolutely nothing about the pro scene if you think that an extra 2 hours of practice that late in the tournament does anything.
Like I said, delusional.

My dude that's not how it works. If you lose a series to one team in the beginning of a tournament, not see that team again until you see them in the grand finals, and then beat them for the title, then you have won the event. the other team caught you first, and they didn't finish. Literally the last tournament before a major as well, not a lot of people care about the premier.

4 teams could be interesting if they invited 4 of the teams in the top 5, but they invited BIG and CoL like wtf
they could have invited astralis, na'vi,mouz,mibr,liquid and faze an event with these 6 teams would be great.

ELeague has been trash since the Clash for cash : 250.000$ for a single BO3 between Astralis (top 1) and VP (tier 3-4 at the time).
Now tourney without advantage for upper bracket winner, stupid af.
This ELeague thing is aimed at casual TV viewers, not for serious CS fans.

all of you guys are missing the point of the post
cloud9 got no bonus or anything for coming from the winners bracket. Faze and C9 lost the same amount of bo3s but faze still won because of the format. in traditional tournaments formatted like this, there would be 2 bo3s in the grand final to make up for it, but in this case, there wasn't